APA Reference List Guide

The purpose of a reference list is to provide enough unique information so a reader can retrieve listed items easily in a library search. When in doubt provide more information rather than less. The "Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association," (Sixth Edition) was used to construct this guide.

Journals

Write the title of the journal in italics with each word capitalized and the volume number (which in the example below is 8). The title of the article is in sentence case.

Light, M. A., & Light, I. H. (2008). The geographic expansion if Mexican immigration in the United States and its implications for local law enforcement. Law Enforcement Executive Forum Journal, 8(1), 78-82.